Rebecca takes a look at the upcoming season for Parkland College Theatre.
Posts by Rebecca Knaur:
What You Will…Cyrano?
The What You Will Shakespeare Company, known for its roundabout productions of the Bard, is at it again…with a different playwright! (Don’t worry, the play is still written in verse) Coming off its also-not-Willy production …
Krannert closes Youth Series; announces next
This Saturday morning, Krannert Center will offer an intriguing alternative to cartoons: Egg, a 45 minute long, wordless but musical theatre piece about birds, friendship, courage, and flying solo. The theatre troup, Cahoots:NI (it stands for …
UHS throwsback to HSM
I hear that it’s “a thing” now to have high school theatre programs perform the script from a movie about teenagers in a high school theatre program. High School Musical has been converted to a stage play. …
SP photographer wins Parkland award
The 2016 Parkland College of Art and Design Student Juried Exhibition is ongoing, but they have announced the Scholarship and award winners. From over 315 submissions, 15 were chosen for a Merit Award for outstanding …
CUDO Anniversary brings the seven-year itch
It's catching, maybe even chronic, but being bitten by the design bug is something CUDO hopes to help you with, if not cure.
One People’s Summer Arts Camp offers connection through creativity
Whether you are looking to volunteer over the summer or seeking creative programming for your kids, One People's Summer Arts Camp has the answer.
Catchy and clever vs. dated but updated
There’s a reason why Cole Porter’s music remains so popular decades after his death, and that reason is abundantly clear in Lyric Theatre’s current production of Kiss Me, Kate, a musical re-telling of Shakespeare’s The …
Familiar Fiddler favors film
Parkland's production of Fiddler on the roof has Rebecca pondering the pros and cons of stage versus film.
Pecha Kucha + Sipyard?
It is still April, it is still design month, and CUDO is still celebrating. Next on the schedule is PK Sips, the chimeric child of CUDO’s most popular program and humanity’s inherent need to drink. …